Emily Short
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Emily Short is an interactive fiction (IF) writer and creative director of Failbetter Games, the studio behind Fallen London and its spinoffs.
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Known for | Galatea Counterfeit Monkey |
Spouse | Graham Nelson[1][2] |
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She is known for her debut game Galatea (2000)[3] and her use of psychologically complex non-player characters (NPCs).[4]
Short has been called "a visionary in the world of text-based games for years,"[5] and is the author of over forty works of IF.[6] She wrote the chapters "Challenges of a Broad Geography" and "NPC Conversation Systems" for the 2011 The IF Theory Reader.[7]
She wrote a regular column on IF for Rock Paper Shotgun.[8]